After sixteen years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is handing over its emergency room (ER) services at the district Headquarters (DHQ) hospital to the medical authorities in Chaman, a town 130 kilometers north of Quetta, on the border between Balochistan and Afghanistan. The ER was initially established in 2007 to ensure emergency care for … Read more
Niamat Ulla, 39, is originally from Chaman, a mountainous area in Balochistan bordering Afghanistan. Eight years ago, after violence broke out in his hometown, he was forced to leave and move to Quetta together with his wife, three sons, and seven daughters. A few years ago, a small pimple appeared on my lips. I wasn’t … Read more
Muhammad Usman, 27, is from Lahore, a city that does not normally have high rates of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). However, after travelling to Multan in July 2023, where leishmaniasis (CL) is more common, nodules started appearing on his face. Usman sought medical attention at a government hospital in Lahore, where a biopsy was conducted for … Read more
Today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders launched a short animation film, “Lost at Sea“, that illustrates the harsh reality Rohingya endure as they try to seek safety—and their resilience. The film “Lost at Sea” is based on the experience of Muhib, a Rohingya man who fled Myanmar and made this dangerous journey across the … Read more
“I really don’t know the pain she’s going through, but I am here with her hoping she gets better soon,” says Farida, the mother of nine-month-old Hadia. For two days, Hadia has refused to eat anything, even her favourite fruit, bananas. Her mother took her to several health facilities and doctors, but her condition never … Read more
In June 2022, extreme monsoon rains struck Pakistan and submerged more than one third of the country. The floods caused extensive destruction of crops and buildings, including health structures. People had to leave their unsafe homes and spend months living in camps, often without shelter, access to basic services, or clean drinking water and food. … Read more
This thought-provoking 28-minute documentary is set in the sprawling camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the temporary home of an estimated one million Rohingya refugees. Over half of the refugees here are children, a new generation growing up in the shadows of pervasive fear and despair, their lives seemingly stopped in time. As you journey through … Read more
Since the fragile truce in the Gaza Strip, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, collapsed on 1 December, aerial and ground attacks by Israeli forces have resulted in hundreds of people killed and injured. Two hospitals supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Al-Aqsa in the Middle Area and Nasser in the south of the Strip – … Read more
MSF International President Dr Christos Christou writes to the United Nations Security Council, asking they use their leverage and help stop the bloodshed being committed in Gaza. I am writing to you on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to implore you to do everything within your power to ensure an immediate and sustained ceasefire in … Read more
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) marks 40 years of its services in the region that now constitutes South Sudan. Over the past four decades, MSF has been on the frontlines of humanitarian aid, delivering life-saving medical assistance to those affected by conflict, disease, and displacement in the world’s youngest nation. MSF has collaborated with … Read more